Updates on Nolan

So, you would think with things having settled down now that we would be able to post more often; Well, I guess we have to think again. So, we hope everyone had happy and healthy holidays and that 2008 has been great so far. We do have pictures to post but I am not sure we can do that without help from Maria who is currently driving across the country with Deb. Later in life Nolan will be dreadfully ashamed by his parents technological ignorance.

We had a nice holiday. Before Christmas Ronan’s family came down for a few days. Nolan had a blast playing with his Mawmaw, Pawpaw, Uncle Doolittle and Aunt Fab. He got some nice new outfits, some cool books and fun toys from his western Carolina family. Then on Christmas day we went to my parents house where he once again reveled in being the center of attention. He got more fun gifts including a crocodile xylophone, a “Pop goes the Monkey” and a stocking made by Maria. Oh, and his Aunt Fab (Amy) made a great video that we will try to get up on the website.
Nolan has finally taken flight and is crawling all over our (dirty) floors. He pulls up and cruises around our new couch and generally wants to be on the move all the time. I don’t have any idea how house wives ever did everything they needed to let alone keep the floors clean. In any case, Nolan love to crawl and giggles the whole time; he has also started playing chase, that is we chase him, he crawls as fast as he can, he turns to see if we are coming and when he sees we are he squeals and takes off again. It is a lot of fun for all of us. Ronan and I need to readjust our expectations/habits (once again) because you can look away for a second and he will be across the floor, surprise!

We have taken him off the g-tube completely now. It may be only temporary depending on how well he picks up on drinking. He has definitely started taking more juice though his bottle intake has stayed about the same. We just have to keep an eye on him to see if he becomes dehydrated. He has lost some weight because his activity level has risen so much but our doctor isn’t worried about it yet so for now we remain free of the tube.

Well, I have to sign off and get some things done. Happy New Year everyone! Kara, Ronan and Nolan